The Center for Venture Research is a multidisciplinary research unit of the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. The Center's principal area of expertise is in the study of early stage equity financing for high growth ventures. The Center for Venture Research, since its inception in 1984, has undertaken and published numerous studies in the area of early-stage equity financing of entrepreneurial ventures. The Center has appeared on CNBC, MSNBC, National Public Radio, NHPTV's NH Outlook, and has been quoted in several publications including, Inc., Forbes, Fortune, Red Herring, Business Week, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Financial Times. In addition, the Center has presented its research in academic and practitioner forums in the United States, Asia, Australia and Europe, in testimony before Congressional Committees, and in briefings for several government agencies and scholars from the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, Asia and Africa.
Jeffrey Sohl - Director of CVR, and Dan Innis - Dean of Paul College, meet with delegates from Japan to discuss the US Angel Market
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According to new research, unexpected changes in revenue or in a company's workforce can negatively impact a company's chances of obtaining financing. The study, conducted at the University of New Hampshire's (UNH) Paul College of Business and Economics, found that sudden growth in a company's capital or staff is not...
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Overall, angel investment in 2012 showed signs of weakness: fewer investors and only a slight increase in dollars invested. But for women angels, it’s a whole different story.
While the percent of women angel investors is still small — 22% — it jumped 50%, according to the Center for Venture Research, which studies early...
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"If (the deal) is going forward, then it must be seen as an increase in valuation for all the investors involved, which then makes them a larger target for an acquisition or an IPO," said Jeffrey Sohl, director of The Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire's Peter T.
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The number of women investing money into start-ups reached record levels last year as they become a much bigger force in the risky and male-dominated world of angel investing.
Women made up 21.8 percent of active angel investors nationwide in 2012, compared with 12.2 percent the previous year, according to the Center for...
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Overall, there are more than 330 angel groups in the United States and Canada that are active in start-ups, and funding hit $22.9 billion in 2012 - up 1.8 percent from 2011, when investments totaled $22.5 billion, according to the University of New Hampshire Center for Venture Research. Some 67,030 entrepreneurial ventures...
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The angel investor market in 2012 continued the upward trend started in 2010 in investment dollars and in the number of investments, albeit at a moderate pace, according to the 2012 Angel Market Analysis released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
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While only 12 percent of angels were women in 2011, the number is on the rise. “All arrows seem to be pointing up,” according to Jeffrey E. Sohl, Director, Center for Venture Research. “Women are joining existing initiatives, [such as Golden Seeds, an angel network that funds women entrepreneurs].
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Angel investing nationwide grew 12.1 percent to $22.5 billion in 2011, according to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Through the first six months of 2012 — the latest figures available — angel investment gained about 3.5 percent over prior year levels.
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Women-owned firms start and grow businesses with substantially less outside financing, according to a Department of Commerce survey of women-owned companies across the U.S. That helps to explain why the average women-owned business has 25% lower revenue than the typical male-owned firm in the same industry.
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U.S. Angels put $9.2 billion to work in the first and second quarters of 2012, a 3.1% increase from the same period a year earlier, according to estimates by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. For all of 2012, the Center estimates that U.S. angel investment deals increased 3% and total...
